Thursday, June 20, 2019

Montana - June 2019

Friday, June 21, 2019
  • Took Up Express to Pearson
  • Ate lunch at The Heath
    • Mac and Cheese: $17
    • Hop City Barking Squirrel Lager: $11
  • Flew Air Canada 1039 to Denver
  • Ate supper at New Belgium Hub 
    • Sausage Sandwich: $13.20
    • 1554 Lager: $8.50
    • BTL Abbey: $6.25
  • Flew AC 5231/UA 465 to Billings, MT
  • Picked up car from National not Enterprise
  • Sleep at Vegas Hotel, Billings, MT

Saturday, June 22, 2019
  • Ate breakfast at Vegas Hotel
  • Visited Little Bighorn Battlefield National Park
  • Bought a postcard for Gerry: $0.75
  • Took Bus Trip
  • Went to 2019 Crow Native Days INFR Tour Rodeo: $5
  • Ate lunch at Indian Rodeo
  • Returned to Little Bighorn Battlefield
  • Went to Last Stand Hill
  • Saw Video 
  • Drove through Northern Cheyenne Reservation
  • Visited Rosebud Battlefield State Park
  • Ate at Montana Brewing, North Broadway
    • Scottish Ale:$4.50
    • Meat Me Flatbread: $10.99
    • Montana Bourbon: Free
  • Sleep at Vegas Hotel, Billings, MT
Sunday, June 23, 2019
  • Ate breakfast at Vegas Hotel
  • Visited Little Bighorn Battlefield National Park
  • Attended Ranger Talk by Michael Donahue
  • Battle of the Little Bighorn Reenactment: $20
    • Worth the trip from Toronto
    • Get there by noon
    • It is over by 2:30 p.m.
  • Custer Battlefield Museum: $7.50
    • I slept a bit
    • Big collection of photographs
    • Show Contested Ground video
    • It is not a tourist trap but I would skip
  • Ate at Custer Battlefield Trading Post Cafe
    • Indian Taco: $10.99
    • Way too much food for me
  • Toured Reno-Benton Monument
  • Hiked Deep Ravine Trail
  • Shopped at Custer Battlefield Trading Post
    • Bought Historical Atlas of Native Americans: $14.99
  • Sleep at Vegas Hotel, Billings, MT

Monday, June 24, 2019
  • Visited post office and mailed stuff to Fr. John, Capt. Rob and Jarrod
  • Bought Willie's Bighorn Bourbon Whiskey at Montana Liquor: $38.25
  • Visited Nez Perce National Historical Park (Cedar Creek Battlefield)
    • Allow 15 minutes
  • Visited Pictograph Cave State Park: Free
    • Hard to see the pictographs
    • Great view
  • Visited Pompeys Pillar National Monument: $7
    • Part of the Lewis and Clark Trail
    • Climb to the top is not so hard
    • Allow an hour
  • Ate lunch at Cowboy, 1588 Nahmis Ave., Huntley
    • Cowboy Salad with Steak: $13.95
  • Attended History Book Club meeting at House of Books
  • Bought Bloodshed at the Little Bighorn
  • Ate supper at Thirsty Street Brewing, 3008 1st Ave. N., Billings
    • Kolsch: $4.00
    • Brat: $5.00
    • Pretzel: $250
    • Watched College World Series
  • Sleep at Vegas Hotel, Billings, MT

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Fly AC5232 to Denver
Fly AC1038 to Toronto